Alpha Capital Group vs The5ers: which prop firm is better in 2026?
Across pricing, rules and payout terms, The5ers takes the lead (8 against 6). Alpha Capital Group remains the cheaper way in, so the choice is not automatic.
Alpha Capital Group
Forex / CFD
Alpha Capital Group is a UK forex prop firm registered in 2021, running eight programs that span a $27 two-phase challenge through to accounts funded at purchase. The rulebook is permissive — news, weekend and overnight holding allowed, four platforms — but the tradable universe stops at forex, indices and metals, and Trustpilot has suspended the rating over fake reviews.
Criteria won : 6 / 33
The5ers
Forex / CFD · Futures · Trustpilot 4.7/5
Founded in Israel in 2016, The5ers is one of the oldest forex prop firms still operating. Its strongest asset is the rulebook: static drawdown across every program, no time limit and no consistency rule. The tradable universe stays narrow, though — forex, indices, metals and futures, with no crypto and no equities.
Criteria won : 8 / 33
Pricing at equal account size
Cheapest evaluation for a 100 K account.
Alpha Capital Group
$397
The5ers
$545
Full comparison
| Criterion | Alpha Capital Group | The5ers |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | ||
| Score | 80/100 | 86/100 ✓ |
| Trustpilot | — | 4.7/5 |
| Founded | 2021 | 2016 ✓ |
| Headquarters | GB | IL |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry price | $27 ✓ | $39 |
| Price for a 100 K account | $397 ✓ | $545 |
| Refundable fee | — | Yes |
| Reset price | — | — |
| Account sizes | 200 K | 250 K ✓ |
| Rules | ||
| Steps | 1 ✓ | 2 |
| Profit target | 6 % ✓ | 10 % |
| Max daily loss | 3 % | 5 % ✓ |
| Max total drawdown | 4 % | 10 % ✓ |
| Drawdown type | Trailing (end of day) | Static ✓ |
| Time limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Consistency rule | — | No |
| Min trading days | 1 ✓ | 3 |
| Payouts | ||
| Profit split | 80 % | 80 % |
| Max profit split | 90 % | 100 % ✓ |
| First payout | — | 14 days |
| Payout frequency | Bi-hebdomadaire ou a la demande (choisi a l'achat) ; traitement sous 2 jours ouvres | Premier retrait 14 jours apres l'obtention du compte finance, puis toutes les deux semaines ; retrait minimum de 150 $ |
| Payout methods | rise and wise | crypto and rise |
| Scaling plan | Yes | Yes |
| Max allocation | 400 K | 500 K ✓ |
| Trading | ||
| Platforms and instruments | mt5, ctrader, dxtrade, tradelocker ✓ | mt5, ctrader, tradingview |
| Instruments | fx, indices, metals, energy | fx, indices, metals, futures |
| Leverage | Jusqu'a 1:30 sur Alpha One (FX), 1:9 metaux, 1:10 indices et petrole | 1:100 sur High Stakes ; 1:30 sur Hyper Growth et Pro Growth |
| News trading | Yes | — |
| Weekend holding | Yes | — |
| Expert Advisors | — | — |
| Copy trading | Restricted | Restricted |
| Scalping | — | — |
| Hedging | — | — |
Choose Alpha Capital Group if…
- You need a platform The5ers does not offer: dxtrade, tradelocker.
- Your budget is the binding constraint: the entry ticket starts at $27, below The5ers.
- You want the shortest path to funding: 1 evaluation phase against 2 at The5ers.
Choose The5ers if…
- You need a platform Alpha Capital Group does not offer: tradingview.
- You are aiming for size: allocation scales up to 500 K.
- You want a drawdown you can compute in your head: the limit is fixed on the starting balance and never moves as the account grows.
- You expect to stay funded long enough for the split to matter: 100 % against 90 % at Alpha Capital Group.
Our analysis
What reaches your account
Alpha Capital Group keeps 90 % of profits, then pays Bi-hebdomadaire ou a la demande (choisi a l'achat) ; traitement sous 2 jours ouvres. The5ers keeps 100 % of profits, allows a first withdrawal after 14 days, then pays Premier retrait 14 jours apres l'obtention du compte finance, puis toutes les deux semaines ; retrait minimum de 150 $. Payout frequency deserves as much attention as the split itself: a slightly lower share paid every two weeks compounds faster than a headline percentage locked behind a monthly cycle and a long first-withdrawal delay.
Where you actually trade
Alpha Capital Group is the only one of the two to offer dxtrade, tradelocker. The5ers covers tradingview, which its rival does not. Platform choice is not cosmetic: order execution, available order types and the reliability of your automation all depend on it, and switching mid-evaluation is rarely possible.
Track record
The5ers has been running since 2016, 5 years longer than Alpha Capital Group. Our trust pillar scores them 74/100 and 96/100, which weighs age, corporate transparency and public payout evidence. In an industry with no financial regulator overseeing these evaluations, longevity and a verifiable payout history are the closest thing to a guarantee.
What you pay to start
Alpha Capital Group opens at $27 against $39 for The5ers, a moderate gap on the smallest account. At the reference size of 100 K the comparison is $397 for Alpha Capital Group against $545 for The5ers. The headline fee is rarely the real cost, though: what matters is the price of a reset after a failed attempt, whether the fee comes back on the first payout, and whether an activation fee appears when you move to a funded account. Compare those three lines in the table above before deciding on price alone.
Drawdown: the rule that decides
Alpha Capital Group applies a trailing (end of day) drawdown capped at 4 %, with a 3 % daily limit. The5ers applies a static drawdown capped at 10 %, with a 5 % daily limit. This is the single most consequential difference between the two. A static drawdown is measured once, from the starting balance, and never moves; a trailing drawdown follows your equity upward, so a winning streak raises the floor you can no longer fall below. Intraday trailing is stricter still, because it tracks unrealised peaks reached inside the session — profit you never actually banked can permanently raise your loss threshold.